le poil de la bête ; omit /e por! de in translating

5. ce pauvre Zéro va me faire faute, 7 wi! miss poor Zero ; comp. with page 1, note 1.

Page 71.— 1. fût, s4ou/d belons.

Page 72.— 1. de première main, 0/ fke producer ; lit. ‘“ of the first hand.”

2. chef-lieu de canton. France is divided in eighty-seven departments, each department in arrondissements, and the latter in cantons; trans., cHzef town of the district.

Page 78.— 1. accentua ses lignes, s4owed its form more plainly. Page 75.— 1. ce serait capable, ;/ #igAr.

Page 70.— 1. n’était que de seconde force, was #of very well up. 2. les questions ne tarissaient point, gwestions did not stop, were never at an end ; lit., “never dried up,” “ were never exhausted.”

Page 11.— 1. port d’attache, #ome-port.

2. la rincette et le pousse-café, small glasses of brandy or some cordial, usually taken after drinking coffee; rincette; lit, “ rinsing ;” pousse-café ; lit., “ coffee-driver, pusher.”